San Francisco Tries Tough Love by Tying Welfare to Drug Rehab
Facing an overdose epidemic and public fury over conditions on the streets, famously tolerant San Francisco will start requiring welfare recipients to undergo drug screening, and treatment if necessary, to receive cash public assistance.
California Lawsuit Spotlights Broad Legal Attack on Anti-Bias Training in Health Care
State laws requiring doctor training on how bias affects treatment violate teachers鈥 right to free speech, opponents say.
La FDA finalmente prohibir铆a peligroso qu铆mico en productos para alisar el cabello
El primer estudio que vincul贸 los alisadores de cabello con el c谩ncer de 煤tero, publicado en 2022, encontr贸 que el uso frecuente de estos qu铆micos duplica con creces el peligro.
FDA’s Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late
The FDA鈥檚 recent notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks. Scientists say a ban would still leave many dangerous chemicals in hair straighteners.
Backlash to Affirmative Action Hits Pioneering Maternal Health Program for Black Women
A San Francisco program offers a $1,000-a-month stipend for pregnant Black and Pacific Islander women, part of an effort to address severe racial disparities in maternal health. But conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.
Mujeres negras sopesan riesgos emergentes de alisadores para el cabello 鈥渁dictivos鈥
Los alisadores pueden contener carcin贸genos, como agentes liberadores de formaldeh铆do, ftalatos y otros compuestos que alteran el sistema end贸crino, seg煤n estudios de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud.
Black Women Weigh Emerging Risks of 鈥楥reamy Crack鈥 Hair Straighteners
Social and economic pressures have long compelled Black girls and women to straighten their hair. But mounting evidence shows chemical straighteners 鈥 products with little regulatory oversight 鈥 may pose cancer and other health risks.
Mammograms at 40? Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Spark Fresh Debate
There is no direct evidence that screening women in their 40s will save lives, yet modeling suggests expanding routine mammography to include them might avert 1.3 deaths per 1,000. Highlighting the risk of false positives, some specialists call for a more personalized approach.
驴Mamograf铆as a los 40? Nueva pauta para la detecci贸n del c谩ncer de seno genera debate
Algunos m茅dicos e investigadores que est谩n interesados en un enfoque m谩s individualizado para encontrar tumores problem谩ticos se muestran esc茅pticos y plantean preguntas sobre los datos y el razonamiento detr谩s del cambio radical del Grupo de Trabajo de Servicios Preventivos de Estados Unidos